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No time to exercise? The average commercial is 2+ min long on TV. Instead of heading for the fridge, exercise. Do squats, pushups, wall pushups, jumping jacks etc On the computer. do these exercises or similar every 15 min

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i started doing this this week. I feel rather silly, even if I'm alone, but it sure keeps the body moving so it's better than sitting down!

HYATTI14/29/2014 12:52:00 PM

BANNERMAN4/29/2014 1:06:00 AM

Thanks for sharing.

AMBER4614/28/2014 8:12:00 PM

Great idea, thanks for sharing.

DELLMEL4/28/2014 4:59:00 PM

Way to go

PROPMAN14/28/2014 11:33:00 AM

Good idea! Thanks. At this point with commercials being of longer length...i/we can get a lot in.

DIAMOND1024/28/2014 11:18:00 AM

Thanks for mentioning this I do this already. Thanks again I'm not alone.

LOVINGKATE4/28/2014 10:13:00 AM

Great ideas. Thanks for sharing. Will do both.

VAINVT4/28/2014 9:38:00 AM

Even for seasoned exercisers, these little bits of exercise help.

PYNETREE4/28/2014 7:03:00 AM

My husband does this..I need to do it more regularly! It really does add up to a good amount of exercise time.

Great reminder! Thanks!

GETNFIT4GOD4/17/2010 2:44:00 PM

And nowadays commercials can easily be 4+ minutes long.

NWFL593/31/2010 12:09:00 PM

Doing this sort of exercise is how I got back into exercising after joining Spark as I couldn't do even 10 sustained minutes of exercise at first!

MSAXON943/31/2010 9:11:00 AM

I've used this before. When I first made the commitment to exercising, I was introducing exercise in spurts during the day so that it wouldn't seem overwhelming. Commercials were one thing I used to exercise.

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"GET ER DONE!"

I have gotten myself hooked on certain tv shows and I am a procrastinator. So I found a way to get things done and not miss anything and get what I need to get done whether it is a simple task or a complete room.

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When a commercial comes on I go to the room I want to get done. I start to my right and work my way around the room until I hear my program come back on, at each commercial I go back to where I left off. Shows over room is usually clean. I exercise during commercials too. Add up the minutes.

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